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C. W. HAYNES.

BUSTLE.

Patented Apr. 26, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES IV. HAYNES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FIFTHS TO JACOB STETTHEIMER, JR., OF SAME PLACE. v

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent N0. 361,762I dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed lFelnuary 7, v1887. Serial No. 216,766. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HAYNEs, of the city, county,^and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bustle, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a bustle which will be flexible at the ends and rigid in the center, and at the same time being elast-ic, and which combines strength and durability; and it consists in providing two or more spiral portions tapering from the center toward each end, and which are fastened together in the center or widest part, with fiexible connections at each end, as will be and Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing one form of center connection of the two tubular parts.

A is the upper,and B the lower,spiral tubular portion of my improved bustle. The upper portion, A, is preferably somewhat shorter than the lower portion, B. These two portions Aand B are made tapering from the cen ter C toward each end, and are joined together at the center, so that the width of the bustle will always be the same in the middle. One form of connection at the center is by asleeve, D,passed around the abutting wires of the parts A B, as in Fig. 4. Other suitable means may be employed for connecting the portions A and B in the center. The ends of these two tubular portions are flexibly joined together by links E, having eyes e and d in their ends. Through the eye e of each link passes a cross piece or rod, a, which is formed on the end of the upper portion, A, a similar .cross piece or rod, b, on the lower portion, B, passing through the eye d of the link E, thus forming a flexible end connection for the ends of the two spirals A and B; but other means for forming a fiexible end connection aside from what I have shown may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

An adjustable band or strap, F, is passed through the spiral portion B, which may be tightened or loosened by means of the buckle f, to set the spiral B at the desired distance from the body. A strap or band, G, passes through the spiral A, and may be secured at one or both ends of the spiral A, if desired, as at g, Fig. 2. This strap G is passed around the body II, and held by the buckle I,` or other fastening device.

The spirals, by means of the flexible end connections, may interlock at or near the ends, as seen in Fig. 2, thus allowing for the diHerence in weights and styles of the clothing Worn. More than two sets of spirals may thus be united.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is'- 1. A bustle composed of two spirals rigidly united and contiguous in the middle and flexiblyconneeted at the ends, substantially as described.

2. A bustle composed ot' two tapering spirais firmly united in the center where they abut, so that the width of the' bustle will always be the same in the middle, substantially as described.

8. A bustle composed of two spirals leXi# bly connected together at the ends by swiveled links E, which allow the spirals to interlock at or near the tends, substantially as described.

4. The bustle constructed of spirals A and B, firmly united together in the center by the sleeve D, and flexibly connected together at the ends by the links E, substantially as described.

5. In a bustle, the tapering spirals A and B, which abut in the middle only, rigid center connection, D, and flexible end connections, a b E, in combination with the straps E and G, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES NV. HAYNES.

Vitnesses:

W. J. STETTHEIMER, HARRY M. TURK. 

